tough guys

 who needs a gun sling when you have a diaper?

this is the football stance.  when it's time for bed, shawn says "football stance!", the above position takes place, and everyone runs up the stairs.  we are intense.

headpieces

 mmm-hmmm.

 at the aquarium in sandy.

christmas 2011

 we saw a couple of santas this year and it was a little more exciting for jack.  this was a ward party.  sam is showing the big guy his sweet wristbands.

 love the riverwoods at christmas time.  sam looks a little stoned.

 sam loooooves trains.  he got three different thomas trains this year.

my family has started doing a christmas show each year.  this year jack and sam sang "When Christmas Comes to Town" from Polar Express.  so stinking cute.  they knew every word.

we had a great christmas this year.  because it was on a sunday, christmas morning was all to ourselves.  went to sacrament meeting and then met up with family for the rest of the day.  perfect, if you ask me.

random

 the first day of snow.  didn't get much of those this year.

 we drew pictures for uncle mike on his mission, and shawn asked sam to show us his. it's facing the wrong direction.

 the thanksgiving indian.

we went to eric and patty's cabin for thanksgiving this year and shawn caught sam watching a movie like this.

GRADUATION

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?! i am updating. bout time.

gotta start chronologically here. the hubby GRADUATED from the physicians assistant program at touro university cleeaarr back in november. so proud of him. we were all relieved and excited to move on. we drove back down to vegas to attend the ceremony. and our families (both sides) were sweet and supportive enough to come. so grateful for them. we had a great time spending a few days down there playing. we stayed in a marriott residence inn with shawn's parents and therefore had a cool suite. jack was in heaven. he thought it was the greatest thing and that we should all "move there". wouldn't you know I FORGOT MY CAMERA?! HA!!! no surprise there. sadly i don't have any pics of all the fun we had, but my mom graciously sent me these from the ceremony, which was the most important part anyway.

above, the paxman family joined us. shawn and aaron studied, sweated, and poked holes in each other throughout the course of the didactic year. and jen and i cried, screamed, and laughed a lot to make it through. couldn't have done it without her.

another good buddy, tim. i heard many a crazy story about their shenanigans.

i am so grateful for shawn. he worked his backside off, never let up, studied from morning till night EVERY DAY (other than the beloved day of rest). those who have been through grad school know that that is no exaggeration. it was a lot of work, and we made it. i love you, babe.

much more to come...

halloween 2011

mmmm. halloween. the bane of my existence. but moving on. this year, jack was a ninja (mostly because it was the only costume i could find in his size at walmart 3 days before halloween), and sam was a turtle. together, we had a ninja turtle. hardy-har-har.

the linfords came to join us for the trick-or-treating fun. jordan and shawn like to dress up together. always have, always will. cindy (shawn's mom) dressed up has her dad, papa brough, one of the finest truckers this world has ever known.

had to get a shot of the pummkins, fine works of art. shawn and sam's on the left, mine and jack's on the right.

hee haws

we had a great time this year at hee haws. the boys loved every second.

they had a bunch of fun animals that you could pet. sam loved it. the hardest part was keeping him from sloshing through the poop that was everywhere.

sam loved riding the miniature horse. for days afterwards he would say "remember, the horse? that was fun."

pretty sure this is not sterile at all, but cool nonetheless.